Jan Weima


Jan Weima tells about himself:
Although I make many pictures of butterflies, I do not consider myself a specialist but rather a generalist, a photographer of natural scenery, flowering wild plants, and living fauna. As such I have produced a great number of AudioVisual series, particularly in natural reserves and other interesting habitats. This hobby began to fill much of my leisure time after I retired as a university professor of psychology, and my attention has been drawn more and more to the field of butterfly and moth photography. Since this demands a high degree of mobility, I keep my photographic equipment as simple as possible, almost always using my Leica RE with an Elmar 180mm and an Elpro closeup lens. I use a flash only when it is absolutely necessary, and I never use a tripod.
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This is in Spain, I was looking for Melanargia ines.

A small collection of his beautiful butterflies:
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plexippusSm.jpg (30538 Byte) Monarch (Milkweed Butterfly)

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

January 25th 1993, Brena Baja, La Palma

Black-Veined White, mating

Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)

Begin of July 1981, Barvaux, Belgium

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megeraSm.jpg (22744 Byte) Wall Brown

Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus, 1767)

August 1981, Helvoirt, The Netherlands

Swallowtail

Papilio machaon (Linnaeus, 1758)

July 1997, Haute Saône, France.

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